Dy CM applauds UP players selected in Indian handball team

Lucknow: Deputy chief minister

Brajesh Pathak

felicitated

Moni Choudhary

, Sheetal Kumari and

Afreen Afzal

of Uttar Pradesh for their selection in the Indian junior women’s handball team for the IHF Women’s Junior Handball World Championship to be held from June 22 to July 3 in Slovenia.Congratulating the three players, Pathak said he hopes that they will put up an excellent performance and bring laurels to the country.The Indian team qualified for the World Championships by winning a historic gold medal at the 16th Junior Asian Women’s Handball Championship held in Kazakhstan from March 7 to 14.Moni Choudhary, Sheetal Kumari and Afreen Afzal had also represented the Indian team in that championship. Sheetal and Afreen Afzal are residents of Lucknow and Moni Chaudhary is from

Bulandshahr

.UP Handball Association general secretary Dr. Anandeshwar Pandey and Lucknow District Handball Association president Anurag Mishra ‘Annu’ were also present on the occasion.tnn
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